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Edgar Guest - The Kick Under The Table
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After a man has been married awhile,
And his wife has grown used to his manner
	And style,
When she knows form the twinkle that lights
	Up his eye
The thoughts he is thinking, the wherefore and
	Why,
And just what he`ll say, and just what he`ll do,
And is sure that he`ll make a bad break ere he`s
	Through,
She has one little trick that she`ll work when
	She`s able-
She takes a sly kick at him under the table.

He may fancy the story he`s telling is true,
Or he`s doing the thing which is proper to do;
He may fancy he`s holding his own with the
	Rest,
The life of the party and right at his best,
When quickly he learns to his utter dismay,
That he mustn`t say what he`s just started to say.
He is stopped at the place where he hoped to
	Begin,
By his wife, who has taken at kick at his shin.

If he picks the wrong fork for the salad, he
	Knows,
That fact by the feel of his wife`s slippered toes.
If he`s started a bit of untellable news,
On the calf of his leg there is planted a bruise.
Oh, I wonder sometimes what would happen to
	Me
If the wife were not seated just where she 
	Could be
On guard every minute to watch every trick,
And keep me in line all the time with her kick.
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